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Look at the photo and answer the questions.
spend your free time outside or
2. Do you like te
or with f
end your free tim:1 My time
READING
Power up
How many free time activities can you think of in a minute?
i Work in pairs. Look at the photo at the bottom of the page and find two things both you and your partner
like/don’t like doing.
Read on
El Read the article about three teenagers with different hobbies. Match the photos (1-3)
withthe teenagers (A-C).
Read the article again. Complete the table with information about the three teenagers.
first name family name country main hobby
‘watching and talking
about bats
Alessandro
Deegan
exam tip: matching
First read the ‘Which person ..” questions and underline important words. Then read the texts.
Ei Gikead the article again and choose the correct answer,
Madison Alessandro Lucy
41 Which person does their hobby in other countries sometimes? A B c
2 Which person sometimes wins cash in competitions? A 8 c
3 Which person spends time doing their hobby with a family member? A 8 G
4 Which person wants other people to share their interest? A 8 c
5 Which person wants to earn money from their hobby in the future? A 8 c
{6 Which person knows someone who has a job doing their hobby? A 8 c
7 Which person belongs to a group? A B c
Sum up Speak up
H/o you think Madison, Alessandro and Lucy's hobbies
are interesting? Why/Why not? Give one reason.
‘Write some sentences about Madison, Alessandro.
‘and Lucy.\Nt eye ic {
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2 \
a Se el
Tai ce kara
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et ERS Uuaaey
ech calee Er haa
Pan ce1 My time
GRAMMAR
[i Read the grammar box below. Match the example
sentences (1-2) with rules A and B.
1 I have two brothers and a sister.
2 Dan usually goes to bed at 9 p.m.
explore grammar
present simple
‘A for something that is always or usually rue
Lucy Deegan lives in Laois in Ireland,
B fora habit or routine
{At the weekend he plays for seven or eight hours
€ Use dofdoes to make questions.
Does Alessandro spend a lot of hours gaming?
D Use don't/doesn’t to make negatives.
Teenager Madison Mies doesn’t
adverbs of frequency
100%
\k they're ualy.
0%
always | often not often never
usually sometimes ‘not usually
E Use adverbs of frequency before a main verb,
Madison and her dad sometimes visit libraries.
F but after the verb be,
Alessandro isn’t always on his computer.
FADED 1. Watch or listen to six students. Which
‘question are they answering?
‘A Do you have a lot of free time?
B Who do you often spend your free time with?
‘© What do you do in your free time?
[IED 12 Wateh or listen again and complete
the sentences,
1 On Tuesdays | often my guitar, but
lati —— homework,
2 Inmy free time |. _TVand..
my camera out to take photos,
3 Inmy free time | normally...
4 On Wednesdays |...
Sunday football
5 Inmyfreetime|________ football and
Una it O7| Tuesdays and Saturdays.
6 After school Ike to...
piano.
‘swimming and on
“4
Complete the text with the present simple form of
the verbs in brackets.
I love Saturdays!
On Saturday mornings usally
(play) video games and
i to music. 1? (love) y
rock music. My sister,
(not like) the same music. She, sown (90)
to dance class every Saturday morning. We often
~ .. (spend) Saturday afternoons in the park
With my friends. My dad, (not come)
with us. He? — (stay) at home and cooks
dinner. After dinner we usvally ® ... (watch)
2 film together. Ilove Saturdays!
Put the words in the correct order to complete
‘the interview.
Liam Bey kite flying
1 Az you/ where / your kite / usually / do / fly?
B: On the beach.
2 Asit/ do / usually / do/ when / you / do?
B: After school or at the weekends.
3 Az often / with fiends / fly kites / do / you?
B: Yes. My bestfriend Matt loves fiying kites too.
4 A: competitions / do / sometimes / you / enter?
B: Yes, but I don't usually win!
5 Azalways / before a competition / a lot / you / do /
practise?
B: Yes, and | learn things from YouTube videos.
Speak up
{Work in pairs.
what you do
Use:VOCABULARY
free time
[Look at the picture. Match the
people (A-H) with these verbs.
bake camp dance draw fish
paint read sing
2) 1.2 Listen. Match the names (1-6)
with the people in the picture (A-H).
1 Matt — 4 Alice
2 Emily 5 Oliver
3 Harry 6 Poppy
eee
You can make a noun from a verb by adding -ing.
Harry's sister likes painting,
paint - painting
Remember: remove the silent -e at the end of the verb.
bake-baking —_—_Alice’s hobby is baking
Read the language box. Complete the sentences with
‘the -ing form of the verbs in brackets.
1 Myhobbyis
2. Suzie's hobby is
3. My brother's hobby is,
to art class every Tuesday,
4 Theylove (sing). They want to be in a
Pop group!
5 Mybrother loves (bake). He always
makes the birthday cakes for our farnly,
(craw). | lke to draw animals,
(dance). She loves ballet
(paint). He goes,
Match these words and phrases withthe verbs below.
==
the guitar tothe cinema to the radio
Video games YouTube videos
éo &
play
@ uw
listen collect
LX choose the correct answer (A,B or €) to complete
Re article
their free time? Do you know
that some pets have hobbies too? Comet the fish
+.__. football. Felix the cat often?,_..cartoons
swith his fami
coloured things. And my dog Pippin
loves dancing ~ yes, really is true!
I always ....to music in the eveni
and then Pippin jumps around the
kitchen! | sometimes *_ the guit
and then Pippin... He always
makes everyone laugh!
TAmakes 8 plays € does
2 Acolects — B watches —_€ plays
3 Adocs ——B plays € collects,
4 Alsten Batch do
5 Alsten 8 make © play
6 Amakes —B dances does
Speak up
Tell the class about your hobby. Say when you do it,
where you do it and why you enjoy it1 My time
LISTENING
Power up
[Hi Read about Lizie and look atthe photos. Which free
time activity (A-D) do you think is good for her? Why?
Hi, My name's Lizzie and I'm fourteen
years old. | love music, but | don't play any
instruments and I can’t sing! | love food
and I like learning new things. I'm not very
sporty, but I like swimming in the sea.
Hove all animals!
Listen up
EB) 14 Usten to Lizzie leaving a mestage for her fiend
‘Adar. Which of the free time activities in x 1 does
Lizzie want to do?
Read the exam tip and the notes. What kind of
information do you need to listen for?
exam tip: gap-fill
Before you listen, read the questions carefully and
think about what kind of information you need to
listen for. is it a place, a time, a number, a name, etc?
ERED: Listen again and complete the notes.
Write the correct answer in each gap. Write one or
‘two words or a number or a date or atime.
6
Complete the grammar box with these words.
books fun hobbies music people time
grammar
much{many
‘A Use many with countable nouns (e.. friends,
; : D.
Tdon’t know how many people she teaches In a
group
B Use much with uncountable nouns (eg. money,
How much money do you want to spend?
El complete the questions with much or many.
1 Do you have free time?
2. Does your brother have.
3 Does she have
4 How
5 Doyouhave
6 Do you have
hobbies?
friends at school?
money does Anna have?
music on your phone?
photographs of the party?
Speak up
‘Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions.
11 How many times a week do you help cook dinner in
your home?
2. How much time do you spend helping your parents
every day?SPEAKING
Power up.
[| How much free time do you have on schoo! days and at
‘the weekend?
Speak up
FIED 1s Listen to Mario and Layla talking about the first
‘two pictures in the board game below. Complete their
conversation.
Layla: Ok. ets play the board game!
Mario: You go fst, Layla
Layla: think this picture is about video games, Do you like
1 video games?
Mario: Yes 12 video games.
Layla: When do you usually play?
Mario: In the evenings or at weekends. OK, my turn. Do you
like # 2
Layla: Yes, 4 —
Mario: What kind af music do you, listening to?
Layla: Pop -| love Ariana Grande. I'm good at...
too. Do you want me to sing one of her songs?
Mario: Er...no, thanks.
‘Work in pairs. What are the activities on the board game?
Do you like any of the same activities? Use the useful
language to help you.
START
useful language
likes/dislikes
Uike/lovefenjoy
I'm good/briliant at
I don’t lkeyhate
I'm OK/not good at
It’s amazing/brilliant/cool/awesome.
skill tip:
Don’t worry about making mistakes when you're
speaking, It’s always better to say something.
Making mistakes is a good way to learn!
Speaking extra
[i Work in pairs, Tell you partner three things
you enjoy doing, Two things are true and one
is false. Your partner asks questions to find out
which one is false.
game on
Find a coin and work with a partner. Take turns
to flip the coin and ask and answer questions
about the topics on the board game.
move forward 1 square
move forward two squares
The first person to get to the end is the winner!1 Mytime
WRITING
Power up.
Hl wat clubs are therefor young people in your school?
Do you go to any of these clubs? Why/Why not?
Plan on
Look at the photos and the notices about
‘clubs. Match the photos (A-D) with the
notices (1-4),
5) 1 Listen to four people. Which club
(1-4) are they at?
Read the notices again, Answer the
students’ questions.
Where is the dance club?
2
What day does the song-writing club meet?
3
What time does the camera club finish?
4,
I'm eleven years old. Can |
{90 to the camera club?
5 "| don’t know how to play table tennis.
Can | go to the table tennis club?
6 ‘
How much does the dance club cost?
7 an bring my guitar to
the song-writing club?
@ ®
Do you enjoy 2 Do you like La riesen
dancing? 7 ere
Join our dance club! ' (12.30-1.30 p.m.)
‘We meet every Thursday J OU sane: Wane cane eye
eset oe oe
Dance Centre. We dance Fen een choot | (42-46-year-olds)
toa kinds of musi, rom coe We meet every Tuesday
rock to pop. a in the park.
PD | ou are welcome to bring your welcome!
SaMs@7ASPM se yegk | 08" Musical instruments! I
18Read the email. Why i Lisa writing to Noah?
A to tell Noah she likes writing songs
B toleam about Noah's song-writing club
€ toinvite Noah to her song-vriting lub
[&] To: Noah [8] From: Lisa
Hi Noah,
Do you want to go to song-writing club with me?
It's on Wednesdays at Fresh Sounds Music School
It starts at 6.30 p.m. and it costs £3,
| hope you can come.
Lisa
Does Lisa give ths information in her email? Write ¥
for yes or N for no.
A cost E date
B telephone number, F name of teacher
€ time G place.
D day
How does Lisa start and finish her email?
EF Look at the email. Milly has all the correct
information, but what is wrong with her email?
hi zack
do you want to go to camera club with me it's every
tuesday in the park it starts at 4.30 p.m. and it
finishes at 6 p.m. you bring your own camera
what do you think
milly
Bi Read the language box. Put the correct punctuation
in the email in Ex 8
eee
punctuation
Use a capital letter at the start of a sentence and for
days of the week, months and names,
Use a full stop at the end of a sentence and question
mark at the end of a question.
Write on
Think of a club you want to go to. Complete the table
with information about your club.
type of club
day
time
place
cost
‘any other important
information
write an email to your friend. In the email, invite
your friend to your club. Write 25 words or more. Use
the exam tip to help you.
skill tip: invitations
Remember to write:
+ what the invitation is for, + the time, day and pace
Improve it
[Read your email again. Check that:
+ it says what the invitation is for.
+ fesaysthe daytime and pace
+ your speling and punctuation are corect.
eeINDEPENDENT
LEARNING
Thinking about your
learning
Hi Work in groups and make alist of:
SWITCH ON (&
Magic camp
[Hl Work in pairs. Which of these activities can you do?
*+ play a musical instrument
+ ride a horse
+ do card tricks + ice sk
* Fide a bike * play chess
watch the clip. Name three things at magic camp that help
the students get better at magi
[watch again and answer the questions.
41 How often do the students have classes?
2. Who has a private class with a celebrity magician?
3. What happens on the final day at magic camp?
Work n pairs. Would you like to spend a week at magic camp?
Why/Why not? If you were at magic camp, what trick would
you like to learn?
Project
Work in small groups. You ae going to elther:
A research and learn a card trick
B research a famous trick or magician,
+ Ifyou are leaning a trick, you will need to practise at home,
‘+ Ifyou are researching a famous person or trick, make notes and
create a presentation,
+ You can use books or the internet to help you.
[Present your research to the class, or perform your trick!
20
+ things you enjoyed learning about in
this unit
+ things you would like to practise more
* things you would like to learn about
Answer the questions about how you
learn
1 Do you prefer to work on your own, in
pairs or in small groups?
2. What are the good and bad things,
about working in pairs?
3. What do you do when you don't
understand something in class?
fow doy
5 What do you do when your teacher
«ives you back your homework? E.g. put
it in your bag, read it, make notes about
your mistakes.
u remember new words?
6 Do you like to listen to instructions or
read instructions?
7 Do you like talking in front of the class?
8 Do you enjoy working at your desk o
getting up and doing activities away
from your de:
9 Do you like using
omputers to le
Think about your answers to Ex 2. How
do you like to learn? Work in pairs and
share your answers giving reasons. Use
some of these phrases to help you.
How can you improve the way you learn?
Write one way you can improve
Be more relaxed!
Ask when I don't understand,UNIT CHECK
Wordlist
Free tine read)
Bat reading (n)
ballet (n) sing (¥)
bake () singing (n)
baking (n) Collocation
camp (v) ‘are about sth
camping (9) collect comics
catch) ‘cook dinner
club () ‘earn money
dance (v) fly akite
dancing (n) ‘go shopping
draw (v) {go swimming
drawing (a) goto bed
fish (v) goto the cinema
fishing (n) listen to music
hobby (n) listen to the radio
musical instrument (7) play cards
paint () play football
painting (0) play the piano
Practice
Find the following in the wordlist.
1 two verbs that have a silent -t
2. five words that have the sh sound (as in she)
3 averb that has the ee sound (asin see)
Complete the sentences with words or phrases from,
the wordlist.
1 Adam loves He's got lots of books.
2 I umm the guitar in a band at school,
3 L always a cake for my friend's birthday.
4 We usually, to the cinema on Friday night.
5 Mylittle brother loves even when he
doesn't catch anything!
6 Charlotte enjoys.
pencil and paper with her
She always has a
Choose the correct words to complete the sentences,
1. My brother collects / plays football every Sunday.
2 Elle loves to listen / reading to music in her free time.
3. Our teacher is great. She always makes / does us laugh.
<- eZ
play video games camera (n)
spend time career (n)
‘take photos competition (n)
watch a film/TV cool (ad)
watch cartoons gamer (n)
‘watch YouTube videos holiday (-)
win cash invitation (n)
ther kite (n)
amazing (od) money (0)
animation film (n) photograph (n)
artist (n) pop (n)
bat (n) practise (v)
beach (n) prize (n)
beautiful (ad) ea Xa)
beginner (n) tent (n)
ional table tennis (0)
birthday cake (n) ugly (od)
brilliant (aap win ()
café (n)
‘4 Ben's project won the science competition / invitation.
5 My favourite hobby is baking / singing. love to
make cakes
6 My sister’s hobby is reading / camping. She loves
being outdoors,
FEUD 1 Listen and write the missing word
41 My brother loves
always ful of diferent colours
2. We always listen to the
so boring} | prefer my awn music.
His pictures are
in Dad's car. It's
3 Weoften go... for our holiday. We have a
really big tent.
4 Uhave an _.for Sarah's party next week
{can't wait!
5 Mycousin comics. He's got over 200
comics now.
6 I don't think the dog is It’s beautifull
FEXED 1 Listen and check your answers.
211 My time
UNIT CHECK
Review
Hi complete the sentences with the present
imple form of the verbs in brackets.
1 Mybrother (not tke) baking,
2 Joshua (have) lots of
different musical instruments,
31 {not read) comics, but
\ enjoy reading books.
4 Rosa _.(G0) to dance lessons.
5 Maisy and Ella (not enjoy)
drawing
6 Ben (make) fantastic food.
He's really good at cooking,
Complete the questions with the present
simple form of the verbs in brackets.
1 you (have) a hobby?
2 ....your mum (play)
video games?
3... you and your friends
(lke) dancing?
4... you often, (go) to the
Cinema with your family?
5 nn yOur dad (read) books
imhis free time?
6 ..... you usually (see) your
friends on Sundays?
Match the answers (A-F) with the
questions in Ex 2 (1-6)
A Yes, he does.
B No, | usually go with my friends.
€ Yes, like fishing.
No, | usually spend the day with my family.
E Yes, we do.
F No, she never plays on the computer.
2
Ei) oListen to Amy talking about an activity camp.
Complete the text.
Complete the sentences with much or many.
1 Liam loves the guitar, but he doesn't have time to
practise
2 Do they have hobbies?
3 HOW .smsmmnnefF8@ time do you have every week?
4 They don't have, music on their laptop.
5 Do you know how. people go to camera club?
6 love shopping, but | don't have, money.
7 Does Lilly have, DVDs at home?
8 Anna and Mario didn't have fun at the dance class.
PB
ut the words in the correct order to make sentences.
1 meet / usually / at the weekend / | / my friends.
2 are / lots of fun / always / Summer holidays
3 are [relaxing / Saturday mornings / usually
4 never / reads / my sister / comics
5 don't often /ta the cinema / we / go
6 listens to music j Daniel /often /in the evening
Write a paragraph about the activities you and your friends enjoy
and don't enjoy. Write 25 words or more.GRAMMAR FILE UNIT 1
REFERENCE
present simple
\We use the present simple for habits, repeated actions and routines,
and for things that are always true.
positive
We/You/They sing.
HeyShe/it sings.
negative
welYou/They don't sing.
Hey/Sherit doesn't sing
questions
“Do we/you/they sing?
Does | he/she/it sing?
short answers
Yes, welyoulthey do,
heJsherit does.
No, welyou/they don't.
he/sheyit doesn't
‘We use the present simple to talk about:
‘A something that is always or usually true
She lives in England,
B ahabit or routine
He plays football every Saturday.
‘The present simple can be used with adverbs of frequency: always,
never, sometimes, ever, usually, often
[Adverbs of frequency say how often something happens and answer the
‘question: How often?
| usually play video games on Saturday.
Insummer, | sometimes go fishing.
I never go swimming. | don’t tke it.
128
adverbs of frequency
always 100%
usually ——
often ——
sometimes —
not often —
not usually —
never — 0%
‘Adverbs of frequency come:
A before the main verb,
He usually takes photos at home.
B after the verb be.
She is always nervous before she performs.
‘Adverbs of frequency usually appear in the
middle of a sentence.
The trains are never late.
We usually fly our kites on the beach.
But they can also appear in front or end
position.
Sometimes he plays the piano.
Why don’t you cook dinner more often?
We can add-ly to adjectives to say how
something happens.
quick quickly slow~slowly quiet -quietly
She speaks quickly.
Some adjectives don't change: hard —hard,
‘ast -fast, high -high, late -late, early - early.
She likes getting up early.
Some adjectives are irregular: good - well
much/many
Much is quantity word meaning a large
amount of. We use much with uncountable
nouns:
How much free time does she have?
They didn’t have much fun at the party.
Many's 2 quantity word meaning a large
‘number (of). We use many with countable
nouns.
How many students go to chess club?
She doesn’t have many books.PRACTICE
present simple; adverbs of frequency
complete the conversation with the present simple form of the
verbs in brackets.
Tim: What you _..(d0) in your free time?
OlfVE nna ike) fading and playing cards.
2 YOU SISter nnn (Play) Cards?
Oliver: No, she doesn't. She + . (ot lke) cards,
Tim: What * your sister. (do) in her
free time?
Oliver: She likes cooking, Sh
(bake) cakes all the time.
Complete the text with the present simple form of these verbs.
80 (x2) lke (x2) listen notbe not buy notsound spend
Choose the correct words to complete the sentences.
1 My dad doesn’t lke watching films. He doesn’t often go /
usually goes to the cinema.
2 Toby never / always plays his guitar after eleven o'clock at night
because everyone is in bed
3 Katy often plays / doesn't often play table tennis after school.
It her favourite hobby.
4 Matt and David always / sometimes watch cartoons, but nat all
the time.
5 My family usually / don’t often go camping in the summer
because we love being outside.
6 | always / sometimes dance on Saturday mornings. | have a dance
lesson every Saturday at 9 a.m
Rewrite the sentences. Put the adverbs in
brackets in the correct place.
1 Grace goes to camera club on
Wednesdays. (always)
2. We watch films in the morning, (never)
3 They aren't late. (usually)
4 My mum sings in the car (often)
5 Table tennis club is on a Friday. (always)
6 Wiliam doesn’t go shopping, (often)
much/many
Complete the questions with much
‘or many.
1 How, Clubs do you go to?
2 How. free time do you have?
3 HOW oo nenne DOYS are In your class?
4 HOW nnn time do you spend
playing video games?
SHOW a nnnnnn times a year do you
goto the cinema?
6 HOW acesnnn Music do you have on.
‘your phone?
Ei complete the email. Write one word for
‘each gap.
(B] To: Ed [&] From: Alex
HiEd,
D0 YOU Sennen tO COME to table
tennis oto with me? 1?
every Monday ater schoo). Thee arent
= P20ple in the group
and they'tevery friendly. It doesn't
amt _-.. Money — i's only
£1.50 a week. it starts at 4.20 pm,
ands, at 8.30 pm. What
"yOu think?